I was born in Chicago on the last day of the year 1904. To begin with I do many crafts, including crocheting, knitting, tatting, macrame, dress making, needlepoint, needle-made lace, embroidery - silk and 'pulled thread' ceramics, etching, etc. I...

Seven African American men pose for a group portrait. They all wear some type of hat or cap and work clothes. The clothes include overalls, jeans, tank tops and long-sleeved shirts. Some of the clothes show evidence of dirt and patches.

Side view of Shelby County Courthouse. The courthouse is a large white brick building with a dome, flanked by large trees, Shelbyville, Kentucky. One woman in dark clothes and a group of three women in light clothes walk towards the courthouse.

SUBMITTED BY VERA WARD & MARJORIE GOLDEN / MARJORIE GOLDEN, daughter of Dellar Ballard, finished the honor quilt block, has made a few quilts herself, recently designed and had built a house situated in the middle of an apple orchard in California...

Two girls washing clothes. One scrubs with a brush on a washboard in a tub. The other pins an item to a clothesline with a clothes pin as she stands on an overturned basket. A large brush-broom leans near the girls. Published by GD & DL; part of...

In this winter scene two young boys talk to a nurse from the Frontier Nursing Service. The boys are standing on the porch of a log cabin and the nurse stands in front of the porch with one foot on the step. One boy is wearing overalls over a...

Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel and his wife sit in a room full of flowers. Both wear corsages on their formal clothes. She wears a pale dress with a jacket. He wears a dark suit with lighter pin-striped pants. Col. Mengel was President of the...

A number of young African American women set the tables at the Lincoln Institute dining room. Each woman wears a white apron over her clothes. The tables are covered with white paper or cloth and wood chairs are pulled up. Silverware is laid out...

Young men gather around with cups and small buckets as a beer keg is emptied in the streets at Twelfth and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. This December shot shows young working men, some wearing heavy jackets and caps or hats. One young boy...

Boys at the Hiram Roberts School at 615 E. Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky, learn how to cook. They wear aprons over their clothes as they work or eat. Some are working at the stove or countertops while a group of six sit at a small table....

Several African American girls learn how to weave in a classroom, presumably run by the Presbyterian Colored Mission. Each has a wooden frame with a piece of rough cloth stretched across it. The girls use a pointed tool on the cloth. One of the...

Located at the northwest corner of Third Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky is the construction site of the Breslin Building. Supplies of lumber are stacked around an excavated area surrounded by wood walls. Groups of men in work clothes...

Cars are parked at an angle to the sidewalk along Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Fourth Street is Goldberg's which advertises, "See us for clothes save money." Sarnoff-Irving Quality Hats occupies the space between the two...

Taylor Made Pharmacy sits at the corner of Fourth and Jefferson Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Further along Fourth Street are signs for Strauss "High Art Clothes," Johnson's Men's Footwear, Edwin Clapp Shoes, Gathof's, and English Woolen...

Address: Fourth Avenue and Guthrie Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Crowds teem in downtown Louisville during the American Legion Convention of 1929. Flags of the United States line the street as people in civilian clothes and military uniforms roam...